Angela Rayner eased building regulations to streamline plans to create housing on gardens. The government announced the decision alongside a £10bn residential funding package.
This funding represents the first wave of a major housing investment program designed to deliver new homes across select areas.
Critics called the updated guidelines a revival of garden grabbing. James Cleverly argued that the National Planning Policy Framework update represents a return to garden grabbing. The Telegraph described the step as an inadequate fix to Britain's housing crisis, while the government focuses on launching the new funding.